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Statutory Instruments
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
DEVOLUTION, SCOTLAND
Made
10th May 1999
Laid before Parliament
12th May 1999
Coming into force
19th May 1999
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 112(1), 113 and 129(1) of the Scotland Act 1998(1) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:
1. This Order may be cited as the Scotland Act 1998 (General Transitory, Transitional and Savings Provisions) Amendment Order 1999 and shall come into force on 19th May 1999.
2. In this Order-�
"the Act" means the Scotland Act 1998;
"LO-date" means the date when section 44(1)(c) of the Act comes into force(2); and
"the principal Order" means the Scotland Act 1998 (General Transitory, Transitional and Savings Provisions) Order 1999(3).
3. In article 9(3) of the principal Order for the reference to "LO-date" in both places where it occurs, there shall be substituted a reference to "principal appointed day"(4).
4. After article 12 of the principal Order, there shall be inserted the following article:-�
13. The amendment made to section 1 of the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act 1936(5) by paragraph 5 of Schedule 8 to the Act shall not affect the operation of that Act in relation to any petition for a Provisional Order presented to the Secretary of State before the principal appointed day.".
Henry McLeish
Minister of State, Scottish Office
St Andrew's House,
Edinburgh
10th May 1999
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the Scotland Act 1998 (General Transitory, Transitional and Savings Provisions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/901) ("the principal Order").
Article 3 corrects references to an incorrect date in the savings provision in article 9(3) of the principal Order.
Article 4 inserts a savings provision in relation to petitions for provisional Orders under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act 1936 (c. 52) presented to the Secretary of State before the principal appointed day.
In terms of the Scotland Act 1998 (Commencement) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/3178), section 44(1)(c) comes into force on 20th May 1999. It is the date when the Lord Advocate ceases to be a Minister of the Crown and becomes a member of the Scottish Executive.
S.I. 1999/901.
Article 3 of the Scotland Act 1998 (Commencement) Order 1998 specifies 1st July 1999 as the principal appointed day for the purposes of the Act.
